John F. Manning

John Manning
Manning in 2009
7th Provost of Harvard University
Assumed office
March 14, 2024
Preceded byAlan Garber
13th Dean of Harvard Law School
In office
July 1, 2017 – March 14, 2024
Preceded byMartha Minow
Succeeded byJohn C. P. Goldberg
Personal details
Born (1961-04-11) April 11, 1961
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
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John Francis Manning (born April 11, 1961) is an American legal scholar who serves as the provost of Harvard University. He is the Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (HLS), where he is a scholar of administrative and constitutional law. From 2017 to 2024, he was the 13th dean of Harvard Law School.

Manning received his undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University. After clerking for Judge Robert Bork and Justice Antonin Scalia, he was named the Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia University. Manning moved to Harvard Law in 2002, becoming its deputy-dean, and assumed the deanship on July 1, 2017, succeeding Martha Minow.